The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-05-10
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the harbor at Charleston, and that when
virginia was first hreatened, Gen Bon
hams fully organized brigade had been
sent from South Corolina 10 aid in tho
defense OF Virginia, and that in the first
battle OF Manassas, or as he and the
Northern people generally call il, Bull
Run, there were the troops which had
been brought up from most of the Con-
| federate States. This, therefore was not
| an army created IN two months by the
commander in Virginia For a much
longer period. and before Virginia had
! joined the Confederacy, troops had been
| in the process of formation in the vari.
Gus States Of the Confederacy.
CALLS woIsELEY vULGARIAv.
Mr. Davis answers an imputation that
| Lee was not allowed 10 promote his own
| men in these words: after the manner
| of vulgarian, Gen. Wolseley refers 20
the promotion of officers, constitutional
function of the President and the Senate
of the Confederate States, a. the acts of
! MIR. Davis, and his language implies that
II was power of which Gen. Lee was
deprived, and that his military power
was embarrassed by this same Mr.. Davis.
Where Gen. Wolseley got the material
FOR his structure IL unimportant. Ii mat
tiers not whether il was obtained where
he learned his nomenclature or was
evolved from his internal consciousness;
as II Is not true in the sense and for the
purpose for which il is presented.
Though the law of our organization re
| quired the President TO nominate and.
by and with the advice and consent of
the senate, 10 appoint officers, the
nominations were made usually on the
official reports and the recommendation
OF the general commanding the army
IN which the officer was 10 serve In
Ten. Lees army, am quite sure, no pro-
motions We're made without his special
recommendation. and no subordinate re-
tanned I'm his army whom he reported To
be incapable. For the foregoing reasons
Gen. Wolsely could not have got his
ideas from Gen. Lee; but all doubt IL any
existed, must give way before the conclu-
slNc force of Gen, Lees testimony before
the Grand Jury in Richmond.
Soon after the close of the war, "A
grand jury found bills of indictment
against Gen. Lee and myself. General
Grant, with manly integrity and soldier
ly pride, insisted that he had accepted
the parole of Gen. Lee, and could not
consent 10 his arrest and trial in viola
tlon of the pledge ON which the parole
was given. The United States Govern
ment suspended the prosecution of Lee,
but In order To improve the indictment
impaneled another grand jury, and sum
moned Gen. Lee ar "A witness, by whom
To establish overt acts done by ms,
which might sustain the Indictment for
treason against the United States.
'lf II was expected that Lee would
seek safety by transferring Ia me any
responsibility which was his own, the
expectation belonged Ia a lower standard
of honesty and chivalry than that by
which Gen. Lee was governed. To the
inquiries whether he was not acting un-
der my instructions, enumerating sever
al of his movements and battles, he AN
swered that he had always consulted
me when il was practicable to do 80, and
that we had always finally reached the
same conclusion on any question we dis
cussed. That his actions had therefore
been in conformity to his judgment and
he could not say that he would have
acted differently. If there had been no
conference with me and must therefore
himself bear the responsibility attaching
To his acts
HOT PARTING SHOT.
In conclusion Mr.. Davis gives Gen. Wolse-
ley this parting shot "ln the comparison
instituted between the cases OF Gems.
Washington and Lee, and the hypothesis
of IA Mr.. Davis, the first impression made
was how very puerile. and then, unable
10 realize that British officer of high
grade could be SO ignorant of the many
important differences i'm the cases, the
question occurred, why he should be No
perverted and spiteful against one who
does not remember ever 10 have seen
him, or Ia have felt any interest in him,
except when report created the unreal
ized hope that he would save Gen.
Charles Gordon from impending sacri-
flee